Cognitive systems for revenge and forgiveness

Cognitive systems for revenge and forgiveness.

Minimizing the costs that others impose upon oneself and upon those in whom one has a fitness stake, such as kin and allies, is a key adaptive problem for many organisms. Our ancestors regularly faced such adaptive problems (including homicide, bodily harm, theft, mate poaching, cuckoldry, reputational damage, sexual aggression, and the infliction of these costs on one’s offspring, mates, coali...

Review of “Forgiveness and Revenge”

Psychometric And Experimental Investigation Of Impulsivity, Rumination, Revenge, And Forgiveness

PSYCHOMETRIC AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF IMPULSIVITY,RUMINATION, REVENGE, AND FORGIVENESSbyJASON DAVID YOUNGMay 2010Advisor: Dr. Sheldon AlexanderMajor: Psychology (Social)Degree: Doctor of PhilosophyRevenge and forgiveness are commonplace aspects of social interaction. Pastresearch has emphasized that rumination is an important cognitive correlate ...

Why so complex? Emotional mediation of revenge, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

Humans have the cognitive abilities to implement the revenge and forgiveness systems hypothesized by McCullough et al., but the evidence suggests that simpler processes may underlie most revenge cases in humans and other animals. The mediating role of emotions can be at the basis of the flexibility needed in the hypothesized systems and the associated assessment of social relationships.

Betrayal, Rejection, Revenge, and Forgiveness: An Interpersonal Script Approach